Carbon vs Aluminum wheels. Preference or Advice?

TarHeelSFV4 · Jul 2, 2023

Looking to replace the wheels on my '22 V4. Any advice?

DCPanni · Jul 2, 2023

Magnesium.

BP PanigaleV4S · Jul 2, 2023

Forged aluminium. I don't fully trust carbon fiber wheels yet.

DV4 · Jul 2, 2023

Plenty of people trust carbon but it depends on your situation, potholes, low IQ tire shop? Then maybe not. Magnesium requires a lot of care, so my pick for low maintenance general street use would be forged aluminum but there is nothing wrong with any material as long as you understand it. Carbon will give you the greatest performance improvement but you need to keep an eye on it. BMW had a lot of issues with oem Thyssenkrupps cracking which did nothing for my trust in them, never heard any bad reports about the OEM Ducati BST's

BP PanigaleV4S · Jul 2, 2023

I think there's also a value argument for getting a set of forged V4S take offs too.

baggerman · Jul 2, 2023

The 1198S forged aluminum 7 spokes are prettier. I ordered a set of CF wheels over the winter because the local shop got a brand new coates machine. But you can't travel on them because podunk ID (or podunk NV,MT,WY etc.) won't have anything appropriate to change tires on them. So I cancelled the order. That couple of pounds on the front is really tempting. Ducati sells lots of bikes to movie stars so the BST's have to be ok imho.

DV4 · Jul 2, 2023

bp_SFV4 said:
I think there's also a value argument for getting a set of forged V4S take offs too.

absolutely, 95% of carbon/magnesium performance for relative peanuts

Ds760 · Jul 2, 2023

I have a sp2, carbon rims amazing! Never had a bike with such light rims before. Unsprung weight the place you want as little weight was possible. Go carbon 100%

Nikkit · Aug 11, 2023

I've used BST's for years without any problems on atrocious Irish roads. The difference in handling and changing direction is incredible. Probably the most noticeable and worthwhile modification one could make IMO.

stgatev · Aug 24, 2023

Paul G said:
Plenty of people trust carbon but it depends on your situation, potholes, low IQ tire shop? Then maybe not. Magnesium requires a lot of care, so my pick for low maintenance general street use would be forged aluminum but there is nothing wrong with any material as long as you understand it. Carbon will give you the greatest performance improvement but you need to keep an eye on it. BMW had a lot of issues with oem Thyssenkrupps cracking which did nothing for my trust in them, never heard any bad reports about the OEM Ducati BST's

I believe the BMW carbon wheels cracking was not the Tsyssenkrupp, which were only available on the HP4, but with the ones on 2020 S1000RR with M-Package, which were from an unnamed supplier. I had a 2020 S1000RR-M with carbon wheels and was actually looking to get the M colors with forged wheels, but the carbon was the only available. That said, I had my BMW for 3 years and 6,000 miles, and didn't have problems with the wheels. I changed the tires myself.

I was recently looking for a carbon option for my new V2, and found that Thyssenkrupp has sold their carbon wheel business to Action Composites. I could not find any dealers.

Alkhater · Aug 24, 2023

Paul G said:
Plenty of people trust carbon but it depends on your situation, potholes, low IQ tire shop? Then maybe not. Magnesium requires a lot of care, so my pick for low maintenance general street use would be forged aluminum but there is nothing wrong with any material as long as you understand it. Carbon will give you the greatest performance improvement but you need to keep an eye on it. BMW had a lot of issues with oem Thyssenkrupps cracking which did nothing for my trust in them, never heard any bad reports about the OEM Ducati BST's

What extra care does magnesium require?

DCPanni · Aug 24, 2023

Make sure they don’t get scratched. Magnesium reacts with moisture and can cause problems. If the paint is scratched off, touch it up with the right paint.

DV4 · Aug 24, 2023

Magnesium is highly reactive and can corrode without you noticing. In other words you just need to keep an eye on them. Bang for buck, you can't really beat forged aluminium on the street.

Alkhater · Aug 24, 2023

Paul G said:
Magnesium is highly reactive and can corrode without you noticing. In other words you just need to keep an eye on them. Bang for buck, you can't really beat forged aluminium on the street.

Yikes!

So once they’re scratched they have to be painted immediately? Or trashed?

andyb · Aug 24, 2023

Alkhater said:
Yikes!

So once they’re scratched they have to be painted immediately? Or trashed?

stripped and re chromated first then powder coated......costs about £200 a pair with a specialist in the UK. I do my two sets every couple of years alternately.

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